Commonwealth v. French

BECK, Judge:

This is an appeal taken from a judgment of sentence imposed following a jury trial at which appellant was convicted of aggravated assault,1 resisting arrest2 and conspiracy3. After post-trial motions were denied appellant was sentenced to concurrent five-year terms of probation for aggravated assault and conspiracy. Sentence for resisting arrest was suspended. This appeal followed.

Appellant’s convictions arose from events which occurred during the early morning hours in the Frankford section of Philadelphia. Police officer John Welsh was summoned to the scene of a fight. When he…